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| Entry |
Reading |
English |
Rank |
| 先 |
さき |
(adj-no,n,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; head (of a line); (3) destination; (4) the first priority; the future; objective; sequel; remainder; the other party |
706 |
| 先 |
せん |
(adj-no,n) the future; priority; precedence; former; previous; old; late |
706 |
| 頭 |
あたま |
(n) head |
778 |
| 頭 |
かしら |
(n) head |
778 |
| 頭 |
とう |
counter for large animals |
778 |
| 先代 |
せんだい |
(n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation |
1082 |
| 先生 |
せんせい |
(n) teacher; master; doctor |
1598 |
| 優先 |
ゆうせん |
(n,vs) preference; priority |
3076 |
| 頭部 |
とうぶ |
(n) the head |
3278 |
| 先頭 |
せんとう |
(n) head; lead; vanguard; first |
3333 |
| 初頭 |
しょとう |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning |
3504 |
| 冒頭 |
ぼうとう |
(adv,n) beginning; start; outset |
3637 |
| 先輩 |
せんぱい |
(n) senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer |
3732 |
| 先行 |
せんこう |
(n,vs) preceding; going first |
3844 |
| 先端 |
せんたん |
(n) pointed end; tip; fine point; spearhead; cusp; vanguard; advanced; leading edge |
4118 |
| 筆頭 |
ひっとう |
(n) brush tip; first on a list |
4535 |
| 先発 |
せんぱつ |
(n,vs) forerunner; advance party; going on ahead |
4569 |
| 頭文字 |
かしらもじ |
(n) initials; first letter of a word |
5449 |
| 先住民 |
せんじゅうみん |
(n) former inhabitant |
5598 |
| 前頭 |
まえがしら |
(n) fifth grade sumo wrestler |
5706 |
| 先進 |
せんしん |
(n) seniority; advance; leadership |
6068 |
| 台頭 |
たいとう |
(n) rise of; appearance of |
6076 |
| 頭脳 |
ずのう |
(n) head; brains; intellect |
6960 |
| 祖先 |
そせん |
(n) ancestor |
7196 |
| 先立つ |
さきだつ |
(v5t) to lead; to precede; to die before someone; to go before; to take precedence |
7264 |
| 先祖 |
せんぞ |
(n) ancestor |
7463 |
| 埠頭 |
ふとう |
(n) pier |
7662 |
| 先駆 |
せんく |
(n) (1) forerunner; pioneer; outrider; precursor; (2) herald; (3) pilot car |
7827 |
| 頭取 |
とうどり |
(n) (bank) president |
8005 |
| 店頭 |
てんとう |
(n) shop front; counter; shop; over-the-counter (financial) |
8572 |
| 音頭 |
おんど |
(n) workmen's songs; marching songs |
8759 |
| 接頭 |
せっとう |
(n) prefix |
9979 |
| 頭角 |
とうかく |
(n) distinguishing oneself; standing out; top of the head |
10834 |
| 弾頭 |
だんとう |
(n) warhead |
11023 |
| 先駆ける |
さきがける |
(v1) to be the first |
11304 |
| 行き先 |
いきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 行き先 |
ゆきさき |
(n) (1) destination; (2) whereabouts; address |
11742 |
| 饅頭 |
まんじゅう |
(n) manjuu; steamed yeast bun with filling |
11951 |
| 地頭 |
じとう |
(n) lord of a manor |
12021 |
| 先駆け |
さきがけ |
(n) charging ahead of others; the first to charge; pioneer; forerunner; harbinger |
12236 |
| 番頭 |
ばんとう |
(n) (head) clerk |
12519 |
| 座頭 |
ざがしら |
(n) leader of a troupe |
12798 |
| 座頭 |
ざとう |
(n) blind man or masseur |
12798 |
| 頭頂 |
とうちょう |
(n) top of the head; vertex (anat.); parietal |
12798 |
| 念頭 |
ねんとう |
(n) mind |
12798 |
| 街頭 |
がいとう |
(n) in the street |
12814 |
| 教頭 |
きょうとう |
(n) deputy head teacher; vice principal |
12944 |
| 先制 |
せんせい |
(n,vs) preempt; headstart (of several runs) (baseball) |
12944 |
| 最先端 |
さいせんたん |
(adj-no,n) ultra-fine |
13167 |
| 先手 |
さきて |
(n) front lines; vanguard |
13625 |
| 先手 |
せんて |
(n) (1) the first move; forestalling; initiative; (2) black player (shogi) |
13625 |
| 頭痛 |
ずつう |
(n) headache |
13864 |
| 頭上 |
ずじょう |
(n) overhead; high in sky |
13909 |
| 頭髪 |
とうはつ |
(n) hair (of head) |
14569 |
| 口頭 |
こうとう |
(n) oral |
14644 |
| 先物 |
さきもの |
(n) futures |
14727 |
| 咽頭 |
いんとう |
(adj-na,n) pharynx; pharyngeal |
15174 |
| 頭数 |
あたまかず |
(n) number of persons; numerical strength; head count |
15199 |
| 頭数 |
とうすう |
(n) number of persons; numerical strength; head count |
15199 |
| 没頭 |
ぼっとう |
(n,vs) immersing oneself |
15317 |
| 先鋒 |
せんぽう |
(n) advance guard |
15431 |
| 馬頭 |
ばとう |
Hayagriva; Horsehead (tantric Buddhist deity) |
15527 |
| 先天 |
せんてん |
(n) inherent; innate |
15714 |
| 真っ先 |
まっさき |
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning |
15925 |
| 核弾頭 |
かくだんとう |
(n) nuclear warhead |
16065 |
| 手先 |
てさき |
(n) fingers |
16065 |
| 先史 |
せんし |
(n) prehistory |
16294 |
| 出先 |
でさき |
(n) destination |
16594 |
| 後頭部 |
こうとうぶ |
(n) back of head |
16747 |
| 先導 |
せんどう |
(n) guidance; leadership |
16770 |
| 頭蓋骨 |
ずがいこつ |
(n) skull; cranium |
16770 |
| 頭蓋骨 |
とうがいこつ |
(n) skull; cranium |
16770 |
| 指先 |
ゆびさき |
(n) fingertip |
16822 |
| 矢先 |
やさき |
(n) arrowhead; brunt; target |
16857 |
| 先勝 |
さきがち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんかち |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 先勝 |
せんしょう |
(n) lucky day in morning, but not afternoon; scoring the first point; winning the first game |
16880 |
| 頭巾 |
ずきん |
(n) hood; kerchief |
17058 |
| 先取 |
せんしゅ |
(n,vs) earning the first (runs); preoccupation |
17127 |
| 出頭 |
しゅっとう |
(n,vs) appearance; presence |
17231 |
| 語頭 |
ごとう |
(n) first part of a word |
17440 |
| 頭領 |
とうりょう |
(n) head; chief; boss |
17833 |
| 会頭 |
かいとう |
(n) society president |
17885 |
| 乳頭 |
にゅうとう |
(n) (mammary) nipple; teat |
18346 |
| 巻頭 |
かんとう |
(n) opening page of book |
18406 |
| 先鋭 |
せんえい |
(adj-na,n) radical; acute; sharp |
18406 |
| 先々 |
さきざき |
(n-adv,n-t) formerly; a few years ago |
18441 |
| 先々 |
まま |
well, well |
18441 |
| 先回り |
さきまわり |
(n) going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another |
18512 |
| 先例 |
せんれい |
(n) precedent |
18538 |
| 率先 |
そっせん |
(n) taking the initiative |
18538 |
| 頭骨 |
とうこつ |
(n) skull |
18955 |
| 先んじる |
さきんじる |
(v1) to precede; to forestall; to anticipate |
19044 |
| 先着 |
せんちゃく |
(n) first arrival |
19044 |
| 喉頭 |
こうとう |
(adj-na,n) larynx |
19107 |
| 先天的 |
せんてんてき |
(adj-na,n) a priori; inborn; innate; inherent; congenital; hereditary |
19443 |
| 先陣 |
せんじん |
(n) vanguard; advance guard |
20004 |
| 頭蓋 |
ずがい |
(n) cranium; skull |
20087 |
| 先任 |
せんにん |
(n) seniority; predecessor |
20200 |
| 先取り |
さきどり |
(n,vs) receiving in advance; taking before others |
20278 |
| 先負 |
さきまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぶ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんぷ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先負 |
せんまけ |
(n) lucky day but not in morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided |
20360 |
| 先ず |
まず |
(adv) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; hardly (with neg. verb); anyway; well; now |
20897 |
| 先攻 |
せんこう |
(n) batting first |
21087 |
| 双頭 |
そうとう |
(n) double-headed |
21138 |
| 宛先 |
あてさき |
(n) address; destination |
21397 |
| 船頭 |
せんどう |
(n) boatman |
21397 |
| 春先 |
はるさき |
(n-adv,n-t) beginning of spring |
21489 |
| 人頭 |
じんとう |
(n) the number of people; population |
22001 |
| 先見 |
せんけん |
(n) foresight; anticipation |
22687 |
| 先送り |
さきおくり |
(n) postpone |
22687 |
| 頭字 |
かしらじ |
(n) first letter(s); initial |
22687 |
| 先鞭 |
せんべん |
(n) initiative; pioneering |
22749 |
| 先帝 |
せんてい |
(n) the late emperor |
23186 |
| 先週 |
せんしゅう |
(n-adv,n-t) last week; the week before |
23295 |
| 旅先 |
たびさき |
(n) destination; goal |
23345 |
| 組頭 |
くみがしら |
(n) group leader |
23460 |
| 先人 |
せんじん |
(n) predecessor; pioneer; ancestor |
23520 |
| 矛先 |
ほこさき |
(n) point of spear; aim of attack; force of argument |
23686 |
| 頭目 |
とうもく |
(n) chief; head; leader |
23966 |
| 陣頭 |
じんとう |
(n) head of an army |
24029 |
| 先日 |
せんじつ |
(n-adv,n-t) the other day; a few days ago |
24080 |
| 先住 |
せんじゅう |
(n) previous priest or resident |
24777 |
| 先入観 |
せんにゅうかん |
(n) preconception; prejudice; preoccupation |
24777 |
| 先方 |
さきかた |
the person in front; companion |
25491 |
| 先方 |
せんぽう |
(n) other party (side); he; she; they; destination |
25491 |
| 先遣 |
せんけん |
(n,vs) sending ahead |
25630 |
| 先行き |
さきいき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 先行き |
さきゆき |
(n) the future |
26001 |
| 柱頭 |
ちゅうとう |
(n) capital of column |
26319 |
| 急先鋒 |
きゅうせんぽう |
(n) van (of a movement) |
26578 |
| 先王 |
せんおう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先王 |
せんのう |
(n) the late king; the preceding king; good ancient kings |
26578 |
| 先妻 |
せんさい |
(n) former wife; late wife |
26578 |
| 旗頭 |
はたがしら |
(n) leader; boss; upper part of a flag |
26817 |
| 刃先 |
はさき |
(n) edge of blade |
26817 |
| 先達 |
せんだち |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 先達 |
せんだつ |
(n) guide; leader; pioneer |
26893 |
| 頭打ち |
あたまうち |
(n) reaching a peak; reaching the limit |
26893 |
| 頭打ち |
ずうち |
(n) reaching a peak; reaching the limit |
26893 |
| 巨頭 |
きょとう |
(n) leader; magnate; big head |
27058 |
| 橋頭堡 |
きょうとうほ |
(n) bridgehead; beachhead |
28115 |
| 橋頭堡 |
きょうとうほう |
(n) bridgehead; beachhead |
28115 |
| 爪先 |
つまさき |
(n) tiptoe |
28200 |
| 年頭 |
としがしら |
(n) the oldest person; beginning of the year |
28300 |
| 年頭 |
ねんとう |
(n) the oldest person; beginning of the year |
28300 |
| 目先 |
めさき |
(n) near future; immediate; before one |
28975 |
| 鼻先 |
はなさき |
(n) tip of nose |
29086 |